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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 68B.32A, subsection 3, Code 2001, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  Review the contents of all campaign finance disclosure
  1  4 reports and statements filed with the board and promptly
  1  5 advise each person or committee of errors found.  The board
  1  6 may verify information contained in the reports with other
  1  7 parties to assure accurate disclosure.  The board may also
  1  8 verify information by requesting that a candidate or committee
  1  9 produce copies of receipts, bills, logbooks, or other
  1 10 memoranda of reimbursements of expenses to a candidate for
  1 11 expenses incurred during concerning contributions received,
  1 12 expenditures made, or indebtedness incurred in a campaign.
  1 13 The board, upon its own motion, may initiate action and
  1 14 conduct a hearing relating to requirements under chapter 56.
  1 15 The board may require a county commissioner of elections to
  1 16 periodically file summary reports with the board.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  Section 68B.37, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  1 18 follows:
  1 19    68B.37  LOBBYIST REPORTING.
  1 20    1.  For the purposes of this section:
  1 21    a.  "Expenditures" does not include expenditures made by
  1 22 any organization for publishing a newsletter or other
  1 23 informational release for its members.
  1 24    b.  "Six-month reporting period" means the period from
  1 25 April 16 through October 15, or October 16 through April 15.
  1 26    1A.  A lobbyist before the general assembly shall file with
  1 27 the general assembly, on forms prescribed by each house of the
  1 28 general assembly and according to the filing provisions of
  1 29 subsection 3, a report disclosing all of the following:
  1 30    a.  The lobbyist's clients.
  1 31    b.  Contributions made to candidates for state office by
  1 32 the lobbyist during calendar months during the preceding six-
  1 33 month reporting period when the general assembly is not in
  1 34 session.
  1 35    c.  The recipient of the campaign contributions.
  2  1    d.  Expenditures Total expenditures exceeding one thousand
  2  2 dollars made by the lobbyist during the preceding six-month
  2  3 reporting period to provide information, service,
  2  4 entertainment, sustenance, or other benefit directly to a
  2  5 person or group of persons who are members of the general
  2  6 assembly, a state agency, or any statewide elected official
  2  7 for the purposes of providing the services enumerated under
  2  8 section 68B.2, subsection 13, paragraph "a".
  2  9    e.  The total amount of all salaries, fees, and retainers
  2 10 paid by each lobbyist's client, prorated among the lobbyist's
  2 11 clients, to the lobbyist for lobbying purposes during the
  2 12 preceding six months.
  2 13    For purposes of this subsection, "expenditures" does not
  2 14 include expenditures made by any organization for publishing a
  2 15 newsletter or other informational release for its members.
  2 16    2.  A lobbyist before a state agency or the office of the
  2 17 governor shall file with the board, on forms prescribed by the
  2 18 board, a report disclosing the same items described in
  2 19 subsection 1 1A.
  2 20    3.  a.  The reports by lobbyists before the general
  2 21 assembly shall be filed not later than twenty-five days
  2 22 following any month in which the general assembly is in
  2 23 session and thereafter on or before July 31, April 30 and
  2 24 October 31, and January 31.  The reports filed by a lobbyist
  2 25 before the general assembly shall contain information for the
  2 26 preceding calendar month or quarter six-month reporting period
  2 27 or the parts thereof during which the person was engaged in
  2 28 lobbying.
  2 29    b.  Reports filed by lobbyists before a state agency shall
  2 30 be filed on or before April 30, July 31, and October 31, and
  2 31 January 31, for the preceding calendar quarter six-month
  2 32 reporting period or the parts thereof during of which the
  2 33 person was engaged in lobbying.
  2 34    4.  If a person cancels the person's lobbyist registration
  2 35 at any time during the calendar year, the reports required by
  3  1 this section are due on the dates required by this section or
  3  2 fifteen days after cancellation, whichever is earlier.  The
  3  3 report due January 31 shall include all reportable items for
  3  4 the preceding calendar year in addition to containing the
  3  5 quarterly reportable items.
  3  6    a.  A lobbyist who cancels the person's lobbyist
  3  7 registration before January 1 of a year shall file a report
  3  8 listing all reportable items for the year six-month reporting
  3  9 period in which the cancellation was filed.
  3 10    b.  A lobbyist who cancels the person's lobbyist
  3 11 registration between January 1 and January 15 of a year shall
  3 12 file a report listing all reportable items for the preceding
  3 13 year six-month reporting period and so much of the month of
  3 14 January as has expired at the time of cancellation.
  3 15    5.  However, if Notwithstanding the requirements of this
  3 16 section, if a lobbyist is a person who is designated to
  3 17 represent the interest of an organization as defined in
  3 18 section 68B.2, subsection 13, paragraph "a", subparagraph (2),
  3 19 but is not paid compensation for that representation and does
  3 20 not expend more than one thousand dollars as provided in
  3 21 section 68B.2, subsection 13, paragraph "a", subparagraph (4),
  3 22 the lobbyist shall only be required to file the report
  3 23 specified in this section once annually, which shall be
  3 24 performed at the time of filing the person's lobbyist
  3 25 registration form or forms.
  3 26    Sec. 3.  Section 68B.38, Code 2001, is repealed.
  3 27    Sec. 4.  CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE.  The Code editor shall
  3 28 transfer chapter 68B, as amended by this bill, to chapter 56B,
  3 29 and replace all references in the Code to chapter 68B with
  3 30 appropriate references to chapter 56B.  
  3 31 SF 196
  3 32 jj/cc/26
     
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